When Light Hesitates
Laura P.
Digital Photograph
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I took this photo the day I saw my uncle again after five years apart. My family immigrated from Brazil, and just like many other immigrant stories, distance became something we had to get used to. When I stood in front of him again, it didn't feel like a big, dramatic reunion. It was quiet and emotional in a way that's hard to explain, a mix of happiness and that strange feeling of realizing how much time has passed. The light falling across his face reminded me of that moment. It felt like the light itself didn't know whether to stay or move forward, the same way I felt trying to reconnect after that long. When light hesitates it is about that pause, the second before you let someone back in.
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Creativity to me, is turning emotion into something you can see. When I made this piece, I put a lot of emotion into it. I used color and line to express how i felt in that moment. Creativity is expressing what words I can't e
